Date: Tue, 25 Nov 1997 19:02:13 +1030 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> Cc: emulation@FreeBSD.ORG, handy@sag.space.lockheed.com, wollman@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: localtime under Linux-emu? Message-ID: <199711250832.TAA00970@word.smith.net.au> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 20 Nov 1997 21:04:26 %2B1100." <199711201004.VAA01710@godzilla.zeta.org.au>
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> >I seem to remember that it was non-trivial to make Linux figure out what > >time it was, does this still hold true? > > I think it has always been trivial: > > mkdir /compat/linux/usr/lib/zoneinfo > cp /etc/localtime /compat/linux/usr/lib/zoneinfo The correct for this uses a symlink in order to make the package timezone-portable. I've done that already. > Linux `file' fails similarly. It looks for "magic" only in > /compat/linux/usr/lib and /usr/lib/. Does linux 'file' use the same format as the FreeBSD 'file' for "magic"? > Linux editors tend to work > because FreeBSD has a backwards compatibility link /etc/termcap -> > /usr/share/misc/termcap. Things should work better if /compat/linux > contains a full Linux tree. "full" is somewhat of a variable concept. Beyond the above, do you have any suggestions for other items that would be valuable? mike
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